View full sizeRusty Costanza, The Times-PicayuneThe owner of this shotgun on Jackson Avenue says it has recently been designated a historic landmark.

But the list might still need some scrubbing.

Rather than release the entire inventory, the city offered up 17 examples, saying all the addresses would be posted online soon.

A photo in Thursday's Times-Picayune featured one of the examples -- a single-family shotgun on Jackson Avenue -- much to the dismay of its owner, who said the property was recently designated a historic landmark. Such a designation would save it from the wrecking ball.

"It seems obvious to me there is a disconnect between the city's blight czar, FEMA and the Historic District Landmarks Commission," owner Bridget Reed said in an email message.

The property also has been approved for a grant -- financed by FEMA -- to help restore rental units, she said.

Landrieu spokesman Ryan Berni said the flub may have been "on my end" and that the Jackson Avenue home, which is associated with jazz cornet player Sam Morgan, may not be destined for the debris heap after all.

"It was on the list because it was flooded/damaged during Katrina and had not yet been renovated," Berni said. "It will go through the normal citation, hearings and review process."

All properties identified as candidates for demolition must move through the city's code and health enforcement process, meaning owners must be notified of a blight citation and granted a hearing before the city can raze the nuisance property, said Jeff Hebert, who heads the city's blight-eradication effort.

Buildings in older areas also must be reviewed by committees that decide whether to allow a demolition, based on a property's historic character or its contribution to the neighborhood fabric, he said.

About half of the 910 homes and commercial buildings on the list have completed those steps, Hebert said, though he couldn't say how many have been spared the wrecking ball by the process.